What meds would you recommend for one of my malawi's who looks like this pic of a fish with a internal parasite:

as far as i know its supposed to have its stomach there. sure it gets enough food? not saying u dont feed enough, but he might be slower then the rest

if 'i'm right the one in the picture 'just' is underfed

This is a pic from the fish dieseses thread.

Yes all my fish eat properly, No probs there, She's one of my regular holders and had fry bout 4 weeks ago but never recovered, Went right down hill after she was stripped, Usually within a week or so they are back to normal (fattened up), But this female has gone worse and looks exactly like the above pic. Defo isn't a eating problem though, It has to be some kind of internal parasite, Never had one before in all the years of keeping fish.. So not bought any meds for it, What do you think would treat it? Octozin?

the only thing i had to treat so far is planaria >< i bet the others will know more about it.
maybe its something stressrelated. its not like getting stripped is fun for them ( even when they are used to it )

i haven't had any experience yet with parasite, thus,
could not help much...but art and bgh had an article here
about it. i will try to locate it for you.

here it is:
www.oscarfishlover.com/index.php?option=...p;limitstart=6#23976

ok thanks. I bought some sterazin last night so when it gets delivered next week i'll give that a go.

internal parasite (increased flagelites in the blood) will cause white/transparent stringy poo ....and NO WAY will a fish eat anything if it has this type of problem usually resulting in death through starvation ...jungles internal parasite is what i reccomend ...and wouldnt even concider anything else ..........hope this helps